Diplomatic Quack: Kissinger shifted his gaze and made a surprise attack.
During the War in the Middle East in the 1970s, U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger led a U.S. delegation to Egypt for peace talks with Egyptian President Sadat.
At the beginning of the talks, after a few words of greeting, Sadat gave Kissinger a plan for an "Egypt-Israel disengagement."
Sadat then took a puff of his cigarette and asked Kissinger for advice and asked him to take a stand.
Under this plan, Israel would withdraw two-thirds of the ground in the Sinai area, which would be difficult to do.
For it would be difficult to persuade Israel to retreat a few kilometres back in the west bank of the Suez Canal, and there is no reason to imagine inducing Israel to make such a big step backwards.
Besides, what is Egypt's quid pro quo for Israel to do this? Sadat was again vague on this issue.
So, Kissinlo couldn't have agreed to the plan.
However, at this time, the talks had just begun to be picked up, and the United States and Egypt had only just begun to contact since the war, and it would be unwise to immediately express their rejection of this plan.
Kissinger, after all, was shrewd and sophisticated, saying, "Before we get into the matter at hand, could you please tell the president how you managed to launch that jaw-dropping surprise attack so successfully on October 6?" It was a turning point, and what we are doing now is, in a sense, the inevitable result of this turning point. "
Sadat narrowed his eyes, took another sip of his cigarette, smiled, and he gave up his request for Kissinger to take a stand on the plan, but spoke with great interest about the attack at Kissinger's request.
